Arsene Wenger regards him to be at the bottom of the pecking order of senior forwards and attacking midfielders at Arsenal, where he is vying for a place with the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud, Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck.